From every one of the bardic profession, from all the collectors and collections of Rajasthan, lists have been received, from which the catalogue No. 6 has been formed, admitted by the genealogists to be more perfect than any existing document. From it, therefore, in succession, each race shall have its history rapidly sketched; though, as a text, a single name is sufficient to fill many pages. The first list is headed by an invocation to Mata Sakambhari Devi, or mother-goddess, protectress of the races (sakha) [the mother of vegetation]. Each race (sakha) has its Gotracharya,[2.7.5] a genealogical creed, describing [82] the essential peculiarities, religious tenets, and pristine locale of the clan. Every Rajput should be able to repeat this; though it is now confined to the family priest or the genealogist. Many chiefs, in these degenerate days, would be astonished if asked to repeat their gotracharya, and would refer to the bard. It is a touchstone of affinities, and guardian of the laws of intermarriage. When the inhibited degrees of propinquity have been broken, it has been known to rectify the mistake, where, however, “ignorance was bliss.”[2.7.6] LIST OF THE THIRTY-SIX ROYAL RACES OF RAJASTHAN.—OM! SAKAMBHARI MATA ──────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────── ANCIENT MSS.[t.1] │ CHAND BARDAI.[t.2] ──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────── Ikshwaku. │ Ravya or Surya. Surya. │ Sahsa or Soma. Soma or Chandra. │ Yadu. Yadu. │ Kakustha. 5 Chahuman (Chauhan). │ 5 Pramara. Pramara. │ Chauhan. Chalukya or Solanki. │ Chalukya. Parihara. │ Chandak. Chawara. │ Silar. 10 Dudia. │ 10 Abhira. Rathor. │ Makwahana. Gohil. │ Gohil. Dabhi. │ Chapotkat. Makwahana. │ Parihara. 15 Norka. │ 15 Rathor. Aswaria. │ Deora. Salar or Silara. │ Tak. Sinda. │ Sindhu. Sepat. │ Ananga. 20 Hun or Hūn. │ 20 Patak. Kirjal. │ Pritihara. Haraira. │ Didiota. Rajpali. │ Karitpal. Dhanpali. │ Kotpala. 25 Agnipali. │ 25 Hul. Bala. │ Gaur. Jhala. │ Nikumbha. Bhagdola. │ Rajpalaka. Motdan. │ Kani. 30 Mohor. │ 30 Kalchorak or Kurkara.